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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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It is unlikely that a large number of people will die from vCJD, the human form of BSE, according to researchers from Imperial College London. They predict there will be about 70 future deaths from the disease, although there is a small chance this number will reach 600. Since the degenerative and fatal brain condition,… Read more »
The Foreign Office has confirmed that a long-standing MI6 officer has been put in charge of vetting all intelligence reports that come out of the Secret Intelligence Service. A senior business figure has also been appointed to improve the running of the agency. The appointments follow 2004’s Butler report that said that intelligence on Iraqi… Read more »
